Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

U.S. Approves First Deepwater Drilling Permit In Gulf Since BP Spill

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The U.S. has approved the first deepwater drilling permit in the Gulf of Mexico since BP's massive oil spill. The Bureau of Ocean Ener...

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Drilling Permits Withheld Until Big Oil Proves It Could Contain Another Blowout

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Deepwater permits in the Gulf of Mexico have been withheld largely because the industry is unable to prove it could contain another ma...

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Dire Warnings About Gulf Drilling Moratorium Aren't Coming True

New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When the Obama administration called a halt to virtually all deepwater drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horiz...

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Drilling Moratorium Stays, Feds Tell Oil Spill Commission

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The top federal offshore oil drilling regulator is telling the presidential oil spill commission that the temporary halt to deepwat...

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Obama Administration BACKING DOWN From Deepwater Drilling Moratorium After Ruling

Reuters | Tom Doggett and Ayesha Rascoe | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Reuters) - The U.S. government will revise its restrictions on offshore drilling, which could allow some deepwater oil projects to go forward after a...

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Deepwater Drilling Ban Costs 23,000 Oil Jobs

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - The deepwater drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico costs at least 23,000 jobs, according to a federal document th...

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U.S. Looking At Ending Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

AP | CHRIS KAHN, DINA CAPPIELLO and HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Now that the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has effectively been stopped, the White House is considering an early end to...

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Texas Sues Obama Administration Over 'Unjustified' Deepwater Drilling Moratorium

AP | SARAH PORTLOCK | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUSTON (Associated Press) — The Texas attorney general sued the Obama administration Wednesday over its new deep-water offshore drilling morato...

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Court Rejects Obama's Bid To Restore Offshore Drilling Moratorium

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the federal government's effort to restore an offshore deepwater drilling morato...

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